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Definition of Preachingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preachingly
Literary usage of Preachingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir Compiled Chiefly by Charles L. Reade (1887)
"... to use only the very cream, and that dramatically, not preachingly. It is too
late in the story for lecturing." The next letter displays symptoms of ..."
2. Elsie Magoon Or, The Old Still-house in the Hollow ; A Tale of the Past by Frances Dana Gage (1867)
"... lordship stands affected towards the country maiden, who mounts her horse so
adroitly, waits on table so sweetly, and talks morality so preachingly ? ..."
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